City of Oshawa holiday hours and garbage collection

OSHAWA -- The City has posted holiday hours for Service Oshawa and released the holiday garbage collection schedule.

Service Oshawa and City Hall, 50 Centre St. S., will be closed Dec. 24 to Dec. 26, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 for the holidays. On Dec. 27 and 28 the hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Additionally, all recreation facilities and arenas will be closed on Dec. 24 and 25. From Dec. 26 to Jan. 2, rec facilities will have modified hours and residents are asked to refer to the Winter Recreation Schedule at www.oshawa.ca for details.

Garbage collection will proceed as regularly scheduled on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, both Mondays. There will be no garbage, blue box or green bin collection on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. From Dec. 25 to Dec. 29 and from Jan. 1 to Jan. 5, waste collection will be one day later than residents' regularly scheduled collection day.

Christmas trees will be picked up on residents' regular collection day from Jan. 14 to Jan. 18. Residents are asked to remove tinsel, wire, nails and stands before putting trees on the curb and are asked not to put them in plastic bags.